grunge

Definitions


[ɡrʌn(d)ʒ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- grime; dirt
(e.g: he has a marvellous talent for making the most of downtown locations as well as suburban emptiness and industrial park grunge)

- a style of rock music characterized by a raucous guitar sound and lazy vocal delivery
(e.g: the album incorporated blues, goth, and of course grunge)


Phrases:

Origin:
1960s (as a general term of disparagement): back-formation from grungy, perhaps suggested by grubby and dingy




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